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Resource Planning
or Manufacturing
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Material Requirements Planning
Computerized inventory control and
production planning system
When to use MRP?
Dependent demand items
Discrete demand items
Complex products
Job shop production
Assemble-to-order environments
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Demand Characteristics
Independent demand Dependent demand
100 x 1 =
100 tabletops
Continuous demand
400 – Discrete demand
400 –
300 –
No. of tables
300 –
No. of tables
200 –
200 –
100 –
100 –
1 2 3 4 5
Week M T W Th F M T W Th F
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Material Master
Requirements
production
schedule
Planning
Product Material Item
structure requirements master
file planning file
Planned
order
releases
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MRP Inputs and Outputs
Inputs
Master production schedule
Product structure file
Item master file
Outputs
Planned order releases
○ Work orders
○ Purchase orders
○ Rescheduling notices
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Master Production Schedule
Drives MRP process with a schedule of
finished products
Quantities represent production not
demand
Quantities may consist of a combination of
customer orders and demand forecasts
Quantities represent what needs to be
produced, not what can be produced
Quantities represent end items that may or
may not be finished products
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Master Production Schedule (cont.)
PERIOD
MPS ITEM 1 2 3 4 5
Clipboard 85 95 120 100 100
Lapdesk 0 50 0 50 0
Lapboard 75 120 47 20 17
Pencil Case 125 125 125 125 125
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Product Structure
Clipboard
Rivets (2)
Finished clipboard Pressboard (1)
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Product Structure Tree
Clipboard Level 0
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Intended BOM List
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Specialized BOMs
Phantom bills
Transient subassemblies
Never stocked
Immediately consumed in next stage
K-bills
Group small, loose parts under pseudo-item
number
Reduces paperwork
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Specialized BOMs (cont.)
Modular bills
Product assembled from major subassemblies
and customer options
Modular bill kept for each major subassembly
Simplifies forecasting and planning
X10 automobile example
○ 3 x 8 x 3 x 8 x 4 = 2,304 configurations
○ 3 + 8 + 3 + 8 + 4 = 26 modular bills
Time-phased bills
an assembly chart shown against a time scale
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Modular BOMs
X10
Automobile
4-Cylinder (.40) Bright red (.10) Leather (.20) Grey (.10) Sports coupe (.20)
6-Cylinder (.50) White linen (.10) Tweed (.40) Light blue (.10) Two-door (.20)
8-Cylinder (.10) Sulphur yellow (.10) Plush (.40) Rose (.10) Four-door (.30)
Neon orange (.10) Off-white (.20) Station wagon (.30)
Metallic blue (.10) Cool green (.10)
Emerald green (.10) Black (.20)
Jet black (.20) Brown (.10)
Champagne (.20) B/W checked (.10)
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Time-phased Bills
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Item Master File
DESCRIPTION INVENTORY POLICY
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Item Master File (cont.)
PHYSICAL INVENTORY USAGE/SALES
On hand 100 YTD usage/sales 1100
Location W142 MTD usage/sales 75
On order 100 YTD receipts 1200
Allocated 75 MTD receipts 0
Cycle 3 Last receipt 8/25
Last count 9/5 Last issue 10/5
Difference -2
CODES
Cost acct. 00754
Routing 00326
Engr 07142
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MRP Processes
Exploding the bill of material
Netting out inventory
Process of subtracting on hand quantities and
scheduled receipts from gross requirements to
get net requirements
Lot sizing
Determines the quantities in which item are
usually made of purchased
Time-phasing requirements
Subtracts lead time from due date to detemine
when to order the item
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MRP Matrix
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MRP: Example
Master Production Schedule
1 2 3 4 5
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MRP: Example (cont.)
Product Structure Record
Clipboard Level 0
Lapdesk Level 0
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
20 units available
(20 - 120) = -100 — 100 additional Clipboards are required
Order must be placed in Period 2 to be received in Period 3
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Gross Requirements 0 60 0 60 0
Scheduled Receipts
Projected on Hand 20
Net Requirements
Planned Order Receipts
Planned Order Releases
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: LAPDESK LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MULT 50 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Gross Requirements 0 60 0 60 0
Scheduled Receipts
Projected on Hand 20 20 10 10 0 0
Net Requirements 0 40 50
Planned Order Receipts 50 50
Planned Order Releases 50 50
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 100 100 100
ITEM: LAPDESK LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MULT 50 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 50 50
ITEM: PRESSBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MIN 100 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Gross Requirements
Scheduled Receipts
Projected on Hand 150
Net Requirements
Planned Order Receipts
Planned Order Releases
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 100 100 100
ITEM: LAPDESK LLC: 0 x1 PERIOD x1 x1
LOT SIZE: MULT 50 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 50 50
ITEM: PRESSBOARD LLC: 0 x2 x2 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MIN 100 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Gross Requirements 100 100 200 100 0
Scheduled Receipts
Projected on Hand 150
Net Requirements
Planned Order Receipts
Planned Order Releases
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MRP: Example (cont.)
ITEM: CLIPBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: L4L LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 100 100 100
ITEM: LAPDESK LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MULT 50 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Planned Order Releases 50 50
ITEM: PRESSBOARD LLC: 0 PERIOD
LOT SIZE: MIN 100 LT: 1 1 2 3 4 5
Gross Requirements 100 100 200 100 0
Scheduled Receipts
Projected on Hand 150 50 50 0 0 0
Net Requirements 50 150 100
Planned Order Receipts 100 150 100
Planned Order Releases 100 150 100
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MRP: Example (cont.)
Clipboard
Lapdesk
Pressboard
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Lot Sizing in MRP Systems
Lot-for-lot ordering policy
Fixed-size lot ordering policy
Minimum order quantities
Maximum order quantities
Multiple order quantities
Economic order quantity
Periodic order quantity
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Advanced Lot Sizing Rules: L4L
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Advanced Lot Sizing Rules: EOQ
2(30)(60
EOQ 60 minimum order quantity
1
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Advanced Lot Sizing Rules: POQ
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Planned Order Report
Item #2740 Date 9 - 25 - 05
On hand 100 Lead time 2 weeks
On order 200 Lot size 200
Allocated 50 Safety stock 50
SCHEDULED PROJECTED
DATE ORDER NO. GROSS REQS. RECEIPTS ON HAND ACTION
50
9-26 AL 4416 25 25
9-30 AL 4147 25 0
10-01 GR 6470 50 - 50
10-08 SR 7542 200 150 Expedite SR 10-01
10-10 CO 4471 75 75
10-15 GR 6471 50 25
10-23 GR 6471 25 0
10-27 GR 6473 50 - 50 Release PO 10-13
Key: AL = allocated WO = work order
CO = customer order SR = scheduled receipt
PO = purchase order GR = gross requirement
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MRP Action Report
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Capacity Requirements
Planning (CRP)
Creates a load profile
Identifies under-loads and over-loads
Inputs
Planned order releases
Routing file
Open orders file
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CRP
MRP planned
order
releases
Capacity Open
Routing
requirements orders
file
planning file
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Relaxing MRP Assumptions
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Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
Software that organizes and
manages a company’s business
processes by
sharing information across functional
areas
integrating business processes
facilitating customer interaction
providing benefit to global companies
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ERP Modules
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Organizational Data Flows
Source: Adapted from Joseph Brady, Ellen Monk, and Bret Wagner, Concepts in
Enterprise Resource Planning (Boston: Course Technology, 2001), pp. 7–12
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Selected Enterprise Software
Vendors
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ERP Implementation
Analyze business processes
Choose modules to implement
Which processes have the biggest impact on
customer relations?
Which process would benefit the most from
integration?
Which processes should be standardized?
Align level of sophistication
Finalize delivery and access
Link with external partners
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Customer Relationship Management
(CRM)
Software that
Plans and executes business processes
Involves customer interaction
Changes focus from managing products to
managing customers
Analyzes point-of-sale data for patterns
used to predict future behavior
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Supply Chain Management
Software that plans and executes
business processes related to supply
chains
Includes
Supply chain planning
Supply chain execution
Supplier relationships
Distinctions between ERP and SCM are
becoming increasingly blurred
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Collaborative Product Commerce
(CPC)
Software that
Incorporates new product design and
development and product life cycle
management
Integrates customers and suppliers in the
design process though the entire product life
cycle
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ERP and Software Systems
Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
Customers
Time to Customer
Time to Market
Collaborative Collaborative
Design Manufacture
Collaborative Enterprise
Product Manufacture Resource
Product
Commerce
DFMA & Planning
Design
(CPC) Delivery (ERP)
Collaborative Collaborative
Design Manufacture
Suppliers
Supply Chain
Management (SCM)
Source: Adapted from George Shaw, “Building the Lean Enterprise: Reducing Time to Market.” Industry Week
(Webcast, June 14, 2001), http://www.industryweek.com/Events/TimeToMarket/ pent0614.html
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Connectivity
Application programming interfaces
(APIs)
give other programs well-defined ways of
speaking to them
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
solutions
EDI is being replaced by XML
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JUST-IN-TIME (JIT)
Inventory strategy implemented
to improve the return on
investment of a business by
reducing in-process inventory and
its associated carrying costs
Uses signals called KANBAN
Inventory is WASTE (MUDA)
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